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Irish primate supports police in Northern Ireland November 04, 2004

Archbishop Sean Brady of Armagh, the Primate of All Ireland, told a November 4 meeting of the Northern Ireland Policing Board: "There can be no peace without justice, and no justice without an effective and accountable system of law and order."

Archbishop Brady attended the board meeting in response to an invitation that was extended to religious leaders. He remarked that the Policing Board had performed a "vitally important" service in Northern Ireland, and deplored "the intimidation to which they have sometimes been subjected in recent times."

The Policing Board was established in 2001 to supervise all police activity in Northern Ireland. Noting the third anniversary of its establishment, the archbishop said that "real progress" had been made toward equal enforcement of the law, and urged Catholics to cooperate with the board in its mission.

Archbishop Brady went on to say that Catholics in Northern Ireland should "work together with others and play their part in building a just and honorable future." He said that all the people of the region should "reject completely those who try to halt the progress of our society through violence, intimidation, and criminality."